Sønderborg Municipality (german: Sonderburg), is a municipality (
Danish
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Region of Southern Denmark
The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which ab ...
partially on the
Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south
Denmark
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, at the border with
Germany
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. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 75,264 (). Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Erik Lauritzen, a member of the Social Democratic party.
Geography
The municipality is split into two sections separated by Alssund, the waterway which separates the island of Als from the
Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
mainland.
Locations
The city of Sønderborg
The site of its municipal council is the town of
Sønderborg
(; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),Politiske udvalg /ref>
Nordborg
Nordborg (german: Norburg), is a town with a population of 5,709 (1 January 2022),Sydals (on Als), and
Sundeved
Sundeved is a peninsula on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. It lies between Åbenrå Fjord and Als Fjord to the north, Alssund to the east and Flensborg Fjord to the south. The westernmost part of the city of Sønderborg ...
municipalities to form a new Sønderborg municipality. The municipality shares the number one position with
Lolland Municipality
Lolland municipality (on the island of Lolland) is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Sjælland in Denmark. According to ''Municipal And Regional Key Figures'' (www.noegletal.dk) it covers a total area of 885.40 km² (341.85 squ ...
of being formed through the merger of most former municipalities in the reform of 2007:seven (7). The former Sønderborg municipality covered an area of , and had a population of 30,555 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne Peder Hansen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)
political party
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Economy
The municipality is home to two of the major industrial companies in Denmark:
Danfoss
Danfoss is a Danish multinational company, based in Denmark, with more than 40,043 employees globally. Danfoss was founded in 1933 by engineer Mads Clausen.
History Beginning (1933–1966)
In 1933 Mads Clausen (1905–1966) founded ''Dansk ...
Denmark proper
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North Schleswig Germans
Approximately 15,000 people in Denmark belong to an autochthonous ethnic German minority traditionally referred to as ''hjemmetyskere'' meaning "domestic Germans" in Danish, and as ''Nordschleswiger'' in German. This minority of Germans hold Da ...
. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa/Apenrade, Haderslev/Hadersleben, Sønderborg/Sonderburg and Tønder/Tondern. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain
linguistic rights
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in accordance with the
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
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Poland
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Baoding
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